Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 19:22
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 138 59% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 394 39% 320 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 160 Parallax 186 118% 164 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 114% 143 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 441 Write 381 Mixed 300 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 41.3 135% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 236 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 76 72 77 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 118 Write 78.6 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 75.5 65% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 84%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 213GB free Firmware: VT100-33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 65 66 66 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 66 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 64.8 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 38%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 991GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 103 Write 97.1 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 108 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 115GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 57 56 59 59 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 68.4 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 58.6 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 62%
ASMT 2105 8TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 26.3 Write 26.9 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 26.8 36% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion+ 5TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free, PID 2323 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 55.2 Write 18.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 15.3 44% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 51% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/4GX 16GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 54%

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Typical SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Builds (Compare 1,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	866x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	209x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	81x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	62x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	84x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	29x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16